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back.hurts.ugh. - Lisa

Gilly

Anyone from St. Adalbert's remember Gilly? Until a few minutes ago I hadn't thought of him in (easily) 20 years.

*Gilly was an elderly custodian at the church who was not only toothless but mumbled his words, making him difficult to understand - and I think that's being charitable. Often times entire sentences would sound like gibberish. 

A Wedding Pic

 *WEDDING WEEK* Replace your way-back profile picture with a wedding photo this week! (yours or one you were in) Paste this into your status and pass it on

(Lisa) is wondering who that young beardless man is kissing me in my profile?

Poke

 I feel so loved when those I poke, poke me back so quickly! Love you little pokers, you put a smile on my face!~- Lisa

 I feel so loved when those I poke, poke me back so quickly! Love you little pokers, you put a smile on my face!~ Lisa

:)

I LOVE MY MOM! For all of you that aren't too proud to say thank you to your moms for helping you be the great person you are today... please copy and paste to your profile! I expect to see this many times on my page

Also be thankful if you still have your mom! My Mom rocks!! - Lisa

Truth

 Wife Swap would be a better show if they actually 'swapped' wives. Just an observation.

The Senate Race in MA

Whoo-hoo! Multiple sources are now calling the Massachusetts race in favor of Scott Brown! Ted Kennedy's old seat now belongs to a Republican!

Family Night

Not a great night post-dinner, as Family Night gave way to tons of homework (although Lis taught Lu Uno). We've got plans to watch American Idol on the DVR, Pandorum on DVD, and hopefully cheer a Brown win in Mass., but I'm not holding my breath for any of it.

Question

Call me dumb here, but when Mountain Dew 'Throwback' heavily advertises "Made with Real Sugar!" . . WTH is the stuff in the 'normal' can?

A Dental Visit

 I took my two oldest to the dentist this morning. LuLu was very dramatic &the dentist asked me to leave the room so he could scold her w/out a 300# man glaring at him. YaYa, vet of many stiches, bore her cavities with stoic defiance. & good news: the 2 teeth loosened in a stumble at her Godfather's house are due out anyhow. I'd been worried they were adult teeth.

Old Class Photos

 

Sand Art Should Be Outlawed

 sand art bottles dumped all over....not only are my 2 oldest going to have a fit that their awesome projects are ruined.....I get to spend the next half hour trying to get sand out of their beds. This little one sure does give us a run for our money, sometimes I feel like she's my first cause she's so quick and sneaky, always out-witting me! ugh! - Lisa

Oops

 I posted a very cocky status update on how I refused to come to YaYa's aid w/ her missing book report. It turns out I was wrong. She did it, Lisa took it to proofread, and the Ginger used it as an art project. So . . .yeah. I threw my kid to the wolves.

A Visit from Family

A nice day so far. My cousin Mary and her husband stopped by to see the house and visit over lunch, then @ 4 we had bunk beds delivered and set up for the girls (yay Craigslist!). Sure the Dark Side won the NFC game today, and the Chargers are down 10-7 right now, but I'm sure we can end the day as nice as it started . . .

Playoffs!

Not much time this morning, but I needed to make my position clear: for the first (and hopefully the last time) in my life, I'm going to be rooting for a Cowboys win. And, if in the process, Hillbilly winds up with a wee bit of an owie, I'm cool w/ that too. I'm just sayin'

UPDATE: RE: The Vikings. {vomit}. Now, to close the NFL weekend: Go Chargers!

Happy Birthday to my stepfather-in-law Jaspare, who turned 72 today, and Lisa's friend Chris. Also - congrats to the Colts, and a thank you to the Saints for knocking off the Cards.

 This . . . has been a crappy of crappy days, and it's only 12:30. Joy.

 It's 9:30 in the morning. How the hell can you know, with certainty, that business will be soooo slow that you need to call me off for the day and take a days wages out of kids bellies? Utter Bull----t. In other news, I say Indy and the Saints move on today. And a very snarky "Very Generous!" to the NFL for donating a combined (gasp) $2.5 mil for Haiti.

Project Runway

True, the top two designs were great, and the group seems much more talented than the horrific LA season. Still, I wasn't very inspired by the season premier of Project Runway, even if it does feature a Milwaukee native. Has it jumped the shark, or was I just in the wrong Mood (nudge-nudge) when watching the episode?

Wednesday Lu called from school saying her stomach felt 'mushy', and w/in a day all the kids were down w/ it. It seems to be a quick 24-48 bug (3 are over it) but YaYa just puked all over my newly cleaned dining room floor. Dangnabbit.

Get some Confidence

Vanessa Wolfe's time on American Idol was enough to break your heart. She's very attractive, talented, and down to earth, but was so beaten down and low on confidence I could barely watch. That line about not wanting the judges to 'look down on her' was gut wrenching. I hope she's not eaten alive in Hollywood. I'll be rooting for her.

Win!

Benefit to cleaning behind the couch? Finding lost gift cards!!! Too bad it took me all of 10 minutes to spend it up! What's 20 bucks at walmart? - Lisa

Let us Know!

 If you or someone you know has a daisy troop that would like to be involved in an ice cream social and swap event w/ our daisies, let me or Kris or Helene know OK? THANKS! - Lisa

 potty successes make me happy 

An interesting half of Football

That was a great 2nd half to watch, even if it was interrupted by Smiley throwing up Hot Fries for about two minutes (wicked to watch - A+ for effort little dude!) and the Ginger peeing on her Elmo couch. I no longer care who wins it all, so long as Hillbilly is sent packing next week. Oh, and memo to my sister - howsabout not giving a four year old an entire package of hot fries before sending him home to his pa :)

Order up!

(YaYa) is selling girl scout cookies, and any and all orders are appreciated!

Still Snowbound

Still stuck @ home, w/ 14-15 inch drifts up and down the alley. We're mid block, and it'll take a while to dig out. Mucho thanks to Anne U.  for picking up my girls and getting them to school today!

Btw our landline is now replaced and good to go . . please call us on that as the minutes are up on the cell phones.

Snowed In

still working on getting the kids to school....entire alley is still unshoveled, unplowed and and the average drift is about 14 to15 inches....not the worse we have had, but no one has been out to do anything about it, and we're in the middle of the block. Odd...the only ones that have kids to get to school, and we're in the middle of the block....UGH!!! - Lisa

Still Stuck

Still stuck @ home, w/ 14-15 inch drifts up and down the alley. We're mid block, and it'll take a while to dig out. Mucho thanks to Anne U.  for picking up my girls and getting them to school today!

Btw our landline is now replaced and good to go . . please call us on that as the minutes are up on the cell phones.

 still working on getting the kids to school....entire alley is still unshoveled, unplowed and and the average drift is about 14 15 inches....not the worse we have had, but no one has been out to do anything about it, and we're in the middle of the block. Odd...the only ones that have kids to get to school, and we're in the middle of the block....UGH!!! - Lisa

yay!

It’s official: White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has confirmed that the State of the Union will not pre-empt the premiere of LOST The Final Season on 2/2. See you in 25 days. (from Lost's FB page)

Girl Scout Cookie Time!

YaYa is selling girlscout cookies so any one hankering for some thin mints, let us know! Thanks! - Lisa

Paranormal

ok, finally saw paranormal....OVERRATED....totally. I love scary movies, and when your movie has one scary scene at the end, it's not gonna work for me! I cannot believe the "its the scariest movie I've ever seen" comments about it....hanging out w/ my 4 kids is scarier then that movie, lol. - LIsa

 Daisies are cancelled due to expected snow fall - Lisa

Unfair

Is frustrated that the school I want my littlest to attend is random computer picking. Who are these commies? I can see the sibling exception but otherwise first come first picked is always fair....irritating! - Lisa

Switching Rooms

Tonight, in the course of half an hour we moved YaYa and the Ginger into new rooms; very half-ass results but whataya gonna do in 30 minutes? YaYa and Lu are now roomies, while Ginger's on her own in YaYa's old room. I objected to it because it feels like rewarding Ginger for making nights hell, but she's actually taking the new digs as a punishment - screaming her head off as we speak.

LOL What Nerve!

And a royal %&* to the White House. The ABC Special Report on the photo op, er, 'security meeting' today wiped out the last third of a great Dr. Phil epidsode. What nerve! Any chance I'd ever vote for that guy is now sooooooo gone. ;)

Junie Trashes the Phone

BTW, for anyone unsuccesfuly calling our house: no, the home phone isn't disconnected. The fourth-born dumped a whole jar of pickle juice on the telephone base/answering machine, ruining it. It's replacement will have to wait until payday, if then.

Family Night #3

Not the greatest afternoon. The girls were pissy that a kibosh was put on their chance to see the newborn and it went straight downhill from there, plus Smiley was in a mood. Still, we sat down to french toast for dinner and Family Game night continued (3rd week in a row now) but it was stressful, very stressful.

Winter Break Ends

 Kids return to school tomorrow 

 back to a somewhat routine schedule...  - Lisa

Good News

The Journal editor just called my cell while I was grocery shopping and asked me to stay on for another year, through the first part of 2011! Hot dog!

Putting Together TJ's Nursery

After school I took my two oldest girls to help organize my Godson's nursery, as he's due to arrive home in less than a day. My girls were poite, helpful, eager to work, and kept their cool. I was very proud of them both!

From the "Why does he keep such stupid lists? Department" - Some (not all) the movies I've seen in a theater

La Bamba
Robocop
Terminator II
Terminator III
The Whole Nine Yards
Karate Kid
Karate Kid II
Source Code
Honeysuckle Rose
Quarantine
The Village
Breakin'
Breakin 2 Electric Boogaloo
District 9
Unbreakable
Three Kings
Sixth Sense
The Happening
Coraline
The Untouchables
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
Star Wars (reissue)
Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan
Star Trek III The Search for Spock
Star Trek VI The Voyage Home
Star Trek: First Contact
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Pocahantas
Bullets over Broadway
Die Hard
Die Hard III
Mississippi Burning
Grease II
The Wall
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Project X
Major League
Jerry Maguire
Son of the Pink Panther
Back to the Future
Titanic
Road to Perdition
Gladiator
The Dead Pool
The Gift?? the one with M. Douglas and S. Penn
Castaway
Forrest Gump
Serendipity
Pirates of the Carribean
Pirates of the Carribean II
Saving Private Ryan
We Were Soldiers Once
Signs
Resident Evil
The Apple Dumpling Game
The Pooh Movie
Cars
The Professional
Pulp Fiction
Top Gun
Satisfaction
Wonderland
Lost in Translation
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
a Sesame Street movie
Monsters vs Aliens
Mrs. Doubtfire
Good Morning Vietnam
Godfather III
The Quick and the Dead
Unforgiven
In the Line of Fire
The Dead Pool
Snow White
Where the Heart Is
Higher Learning
Pearl Harbor
Godzilla
Look Who's Talking
not Big, but the wonder years kid version of the story
Schindler's List
Terminator Salvation
Pay it Forward
Passenger 57
The Truth about Cats and Dogs
What Women Want
The Patriot
The Santa Clause
Bad Santa
World Trade Center
The Last Season
Satisfaction
Ramona and Beezus
Six Pack
Tootsie
some movie w/ Gary Coleman, where he hid stuff in a public locker
The Pledge
Mortal Kombat
Always
Seven Alone
The Mask

A Late Night

Worked until midnight, came home and watched the very well done Tennant finale and the premiere of Demons (yawn), then had to crawl into Smiley's bed for 5 hours of sleep because my two youngest girls were sprawled next to Lisa in our bed- and rule #1 is, and always will be, never wake a sleeping baby/toddler. Ever.

Proud Papa

I'm proud that my two oldest are sad (and a bit concerned) that David Tenant's time as the Doctor is coming to an end tonight. They know far more about the show and its characters than I ever could have guessed, even ID'ing an episode after seeing one scene. Nice to know I've done something right.    

June of 1996

If I remember right, this was at the apartment of my brother-in-law Bob and his girlfriend at the time, Sioux. Note the Big Dog brand tee I'm wearing, right out of  Casual Male Big and Tall LOL. 

A Surprise Visit

The Ginger's Godfather, who we haven't seen in over a year, just called to say he's on his way over to drop off a gift for her. Yikes - and us, with a turtle in the bathtub and Chinese takeout half-eaten in the living room. udpate: it was a family pass to the Zoo!

The Mummy Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

I love the Brendan Fraser movie The Mummy and consider it one of my ten favorite movies. Note I said 'favorite', not 'best.' It was fun, it was exciting, and it was enjoyable beginning to end.

This one . . not so much. Not at all actually.

The Mummy: Curse of the Dragon Emperor is the third installment in the Mummy series, although I'll be danged if I can include the bad guys here under the banner of "mummies".

I'm going to skip the plot, of which there's little to begin with. The premise is stupid, the action ho-hum, and the holes in the story are vast enough to house a pyramid.

Plus they replaced the woman who played Fraser's wife with a stilted, utterly out of place Maria Bello.

Avoid this.

2.2 out of 4

Me in Summation

Listening to the Glee soundtrack on the computer, with Joe Mac's new album playing in the dining room, while Dance Your Ass off is on the TV and the Twilight Zone and Doctor Who marathons are recording on the DVR . . how I ever got laid, much less married, escapes belief.

Mishap

Our turtle tank was just shattered, sending water across the floor. Franklin is OK, but I guess I'll have to spend my morning looking for a cheap tank to replace his home.